SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Franklin & Marshall men's tennis team (9-10, 5-3 CC) fell in the semifinal round of the Centennial Conference Tournament to No. 11 Swarthmore (20-1, 8-0 CC), 5-1, on the road Friday evening.

The Garnet claimed wins in two of the three doubles matches to hold a narrow lead entering singles. From that point, Swarthmore took control with wins in the No. 2, No. 4, and No. 5 positions to advance to the Centennial Conference Championship.

The Diplomats earned a win in the middle doubles match as the duo of Luke Brodsky and Campbell Gervais picked up an 8-6 victory in the tiebreaker. With the win, the pairing improves to 11 wins on the season.

Franklin & Marshall now waits to see if they continue on into the NCAA Tournament as selections release next week. The NCAA Selection Show airs on Monday, May 6 at 12:30 p.m. Individual selections will get announced on Wednesday, May 8 on NCAA.com.

No. 11 Swarthmore 5, Franklin & Marshall 1
Doubles
1: Utham Koduri/Michael Melnikov (SWAT) def. Zac Ashtiani/Soren Rudin-Aulenbach (F&M); 8-0
2: Luke Brodsky/Campbell Gervais (F&M) def. Andres Fente/Rushil Patel (SWAT); 8(8)-7(6)
3: Max Lindstrom/Aadhi Raja (SWAT) def. Gonzalo Gentou/Pedro Norte (F&M); 8-3
Singles
1: Michael Melnikov (SWAT) vs Luke Brodsky (F&M); 7-5, 5-3, unfinished
2: Max Lindstrom (SWAT) def. Zac Ashtiani (F&M); 6-3, 6-1
3: Kevin Jiang (SWAT) vs Samuel Donnelly (F&M); 5-7, 3-0, unfinished
4: Winston Zhang (SWAT) def. Gonzalo Gentou (F&M); 6-3, 6-2
5: Lalith Suresh (SWAT) def. Pedro Norte (F&M); 6-0, 6-1
6: Aamish Pal (SWAT) vs Soren Rudin-Aulenbach (F&M); 6-3, 3-2, unfinished